Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apia

Immaculate Conception Cathedral

The new cathedral in 2016
Location Apia
Country Samoa
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral,[1][2] also called Cathedral of Apia or Mulivai Cathedral,[3] is the name that receives a religious building affiliated to the Catholic Church that is in Apia the capital of Samoa[4] a insular country in Oceania. The temple suffered damages in the earthquake of 2009[5] reason why it has undergone a process of restoration and extension.

The congregation follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (Latin: Archidioecesis Samoa–Apiana; Samoan: Fa'aAkiepikopo Samoa–Apia) which was created in 1966 by Pope Paul VI through the bull "Prophetarum voes".

The new cathedral of Apia was opened to the public on 2 June 2014,[6] after three years of repairs, with the presence of Archbishop Martin Krebs, apostolic nuncio in New Zealand. The church was rebuilt on the site of the original cathedral dating from 1857.

In 1852, William Pritchard sold to Bishop Bataillon a plot of land in Mulivai, about three-quarters of an acre, and his brother Jacques began there building a church and a parish house. The church was standing in the same place as the current one, while the residence was near Mulivai. The first stone was blessed by the bishop on 8 December 1852, but work was interrupted by epidemics, and a hurricane in 1854, which destroyed eight ships and caused great damage to the plantations, resulted in problems in the food supply. So that only in 1857, the original church was completed.

See also

The old cathedral with the Police Band of Samoa

References

  1. ↑ Mulivai Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
  2. ↑ Planet, Lonely (1 November 2016). Lonely Planet South Pacific. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781786577344.
  3. ↑ "Cathedral of Mulivai on The Catholic Directory". The Catholic Directory. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ Planet, Lonely (1 November 2016). Lonely Planet Rarotonga, Samoa & Tonga. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781786577313.
  5. ↑ Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian (23 May 2013). Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610692489.
  6. ↑ "New Catholic Cathedral influenced by Roman designs". Talamua On-line News. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 2017-02-10.

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